NADAH EL SHAZLY
Since the release of her début album, “Ahwar”, the producer and vocalist Nadah El Shazly has become a pillar of the Egyptian underground—in 2018, she appeared on the cover of the British experimental-music magazine The Wire, in an issue announcing “Cairo’s New Wave.” The musician’s eclectic background, encompassing choirs, punk rock, and electronic music, prepared her for the electroacoustic reimagining of Arabic classical music that’s inherent to “Ahwar”, exploring new sonic and harmonic frontiers. Backing up her release with extensive worldwide touring through a solo set and a four-piece band, Nadah has been featured in many local and international festivals including MIRA, Le Guess Who?, Rewire, Marfa Myths, and many more.​

In 2022, Nadah scored Fyzal Boulifa’s award-winning feature The Damned Don’t Cry earning her two awards for Best Film Score at Dublin & Bordeaux film festivals for her unconventional score, largely based on improvisation. 2023 saw the release of her score for Mahmoud Sabbagh’s next feature, Last Party in R. Desert! as well as her first single release from her second album for "Bānit" which she performed on a  COLORSxSTUDIO session.

In 2024 Nadah scored BAFTA-nominated director Mahdi Fleifel’s feature To a Land Unknown, which premiered at Cannes, with a North American premiere at TIFF. The film is released in UK cinemas in February 2025 and is regarded as one of the most successful Palestinian features in recent years.